Chapter 18 (1/2)
Chapter 18
Chapter 18
Synopsis: I won’t let you go
Even though Mount Xuandu was the number one Daoist sect under the Heavens, there wasn’t any scheht have iined
Shen Qiao had grown up in a gentle and peaceful environment ever since his childhood
His master was compassionate, he was both a teacher and a father to him His martial brothers were all so friendly that there was often no difference between the seniors and the juniors when they played together in private Even Qi Fengge was not as awe-inspiring when facing his disciples as others ht have expected him to be
Since Shen Qiao was treated with gentleness and softness by everyone around hientle and soft person
The tiood He was neither Qi Fengge’s eldest disciple, nor was he the last one
Out of Qi Fengge’s five disciples, Shen Qiao was the second, a supposedly aard position However, since both his nature and talents were excellent, and he hi with others, he actually becae passed his mantle onto him
Yu Ai ranked the third a the disciples He o years older than Shen Qiao, but because he joined the sect at a later time, he had to address Shen Qiao as ‘Senior Martial Brother’ He was bothered by it for a long ti their childhood, so he would often pester and tease Shen Qiao, trying to h, of course, he failed at the end
The two of theether ever since they were still little children, so their relationshi+p was the most intimate If someone were to ask Shen Qiao which person he trusted the most in this world, the ansould definitely be his e, and all of his martial brothers
If he had to rank his martial brothers by the intimacy of their relationshi+ps, Yu Ai would probably be ranked number one
Prior to going up the ined what it would be like when they ht be surprised that someone like hiht feel a little guilty and terrified, or he ness to see Shen Qiao
But it never occurred to Shen Qiao that the other person would be so happy Even though he couldn’t see Yu Ai’s expression clearly, Shen Qiao could tell from his voice that it was not fake
There were s he wanted to say at first But as the words reached his tongue, he didn’t knohich question to start with Yu Ai didn’t say anything else after shouting out,“Senior brother, the sect leader” Shen Qiao guessed he was probably observing him carefully, so he could only pick thein the sect?”
The other person didn’t reply Shen Qiao slightly tilted his head, asking with uncertainty, “Third Junior Brother?”
“What happened to your eyes?”
When the other person opened his ain, the voice was already close by Shen Qiao subconsciously wanted to step back, but sorabbed him by his wrist
“What happened to your eyes?” Yu Ai asked again
“I fell off the cliff during the battle with Kunye After I woke up, they were already like this” Shen Qiao dishtly
The hand grasping his wrist didn’t come loose Yu Ai said, “Stay still I’ll take your pulse for you”
Shen Qiao wanted to say there was no need, but since he wasn’t able to free himself, he had to let Yu Ai have his way
Yu Ai felt his pulse
with rapt attention After some time, he finally asked, “Your inner qi is so weak that it’s almost indiscernible What happened?”
Shen Qiao emotionlessly asked back, “Didn’t you foresee such a result already when you poisoned me?”
The other person’s hand paused for a second because of his words Taking the opportunity, Shen Qiao pulled back his own hand
When a person’s martial arts reached the state where Yu Ai was at, no ht was, it wouldn’t affect his eyesight
He looked Shen Qiao up and down attentively The other person’s coure was a lot thinner co these days, that person had suffered a lot of hardshi+ps out there His wrist which was holding the bamboo stick was half-exposed under the sleeve It was so e at it would make people’s hearts ache
Yu Ai breathed out a soft sigh, “Since you’re back, don’t leave again Let ht?”
Shen Qiao shook his head “Mount Xuandu is going to elect its new sect leader Wouldn’t it s difficult for you if an old person like me who has shamed Mount Xuandu stays here?”
Yu Ai found it strange, “Who said Mount Xuandu is going to have a new sect leader?”
“Isn’t the Jade Terrace Daoist Conference happening ten days later also a ceremony for Mount Xuandu to establish its new sect leader?”
Yu Ai was going to shake his head, but he realized that the other person couldn’t see his action So he said, “Ever since you wentpeople everywhere to secretly search for you, but we couldn’t find you no matter what If you’re alive, I need to see you in person; even if you’re dead, I have to see your corpse As long as you’re not dead, Mount Xuandu’s sect leader will never change It’s true that I’ all of the affairs on your behalf, but it’s only as a regent leader I’ve never intended to overstep and replace you”
If it was in the past, Shen Qiao would fir Yu Ai said without any doubts However, the time and situation were different now, and the Shen Qiao today did not dare to say these words anymore
He rehting with Kunye that day, I already found out that more than half of my inner qi had disappeared, and the qi that was left was so stagnated that it didn’t flow sainst Kunye, but in the end, it was still to no avail At that tiinning to end, I couldn’t understand as I poisoned, and where I was poisoned At all events, I never suspected it was you”
Yu Ai stood with his head hanging He didn’t say anything, but his hands that were covered by the sleeves were tre almost unnoticeably
That was right Ever since their childhood, to him, or in fact to everyone on Mount Xuandu, Shen Qiao never stinted his trust
This was not because Shen Qiao was stupid and ignorant, nor was it because he was naive and gullible It was because he believed in them He believed that there was always kindness in this world He believed in the people and things that accorew up Moreover, he believed that these s could never betray hiainst them at all, and thus Yu Ai was able to easily find success
Shen Qiao continued, “Later, I fell off the cliff and became unconscious After I woke up,
up, I lostOnly recently did I finally recall ht beforeyou wanted to sleep together You talked a lot about things in the past, saying that you were attracted to our Little Junior Sister, but she was so cold and didn’t really talk to anyone You were troubled by it, so you could only coo talk to her on your behalf after my battle with Kunye”
Yu Ai didn’t make any comment